Lee Hall's 2015 play OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR is an adaptation of the novel 'The Sopranos' by Alan Warner. It's about a group of Scottish schoolgirls having a day out in Edinburgh while waiting to take part in a choir competition. The girls are loud-mouthed, exuberant, obsessed with sex and booze and intent on having a good-time. It's funny & revealing, but exhausting to read and I imagine exhausting to watch. There are six characters, each actress playing subsidiary roles where necessary, female or male, without change of costume. There's a lot of music and some dancing. It looks a difficult play to direct. The original production was directed by Vicky Featherstone who directed my play 'Where The Sun Was' for Paines Plough.

I read The Sopranos many years ago, and enjoyed it, but have a hunch I would enjoy it less now. I think I gave my copy to someone else, so I must have expected not to want to read it again. I'm intrigued by the play. I happened to look it up recently and was impressed at the wide-rangingness of the music included.